Train derailment: West Cumbria

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Northern Rail is running rail replacement buses between Whitehaven and Sellafield after yesterday's derailment between St Bees and Nethertown. A train carrying 100 passengers - mainly Sellafield employees - partially derailed at 6.45am on Thursday after hitting a landslide. No one was injured.

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The train sent to collect passengers on board this morning's derailed train has also become stuck in a landslide on Cumbria's coastal line. Passengers on the original train have now walked to nearby Nethertown Station instead.

The first train was carrying Sellafield workers to the nuclear plant when it derailed at 7.20am today after it hit a landslide near Nethertown. No passengers are reported to be injured.